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HHH June 2010

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lisa Marie stringer

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HHH Magazine started with just that, a vision.

I've always loved music, not just 1 genre, but also all genres of music.

Since my move to Salt Lake City Utah in November of 2007, I had been trying to figure out a way to contribute to music. I have managed artists, planned & promoted shows, worked with photographers, even assisted in promotions within nightclubs.

Unknown to many artists, Utah actually has a huge Hip-Hop following & with that knowledge I saw a way for me to change just that. I tried my hand at planning & promoting shows out here but that task was more difficult than I had anticipated it to be. Me & my sister decided that we would open an upscale night club with a touch of Detroit flavor to it, again that task turned out to be a difficult one. The reasons behind it was we would run into brick walls with other business owners within the same field have what we call a "click" meaning they would do everything to prevent anyone who is not from the area from invading on their territory.

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Everyone that knows me personally know that I’m not the type of woman that gives up that easily. So I figured out another way to beat them at their own game, just using another approach. I decided that I would create a magazine catered to Unsigned Artists, once I had my mind made up on what I would do, the rest just seem to fall in place. The name just came to me out of nowhere: Hunks & Hotties of Hip-Hop, then the tag line; "The Next Generation of Hip-Hop�.

I am a businesswoman 1st & foremost so the 1st thing I did was legally establish my business with the IRS, the 2nd thing I did was register it with my state & secure a domain name to establish an online presence. Once those things were done, I began doing my research, I was entering into unknown territories for me, and so I wanted to know what I was doing. I consulted with several publishing companies but they all wanted a minimum of $50k for just 1 issue, ha! I don't believe in paying for something that I can learn to do myself, so I took to the Internet & began my journey to become a magazine publisher.

I belonged to several online social networks so I started there, during December & January I spent countless hours on Thisis50.com & that is where I began my search for unsigned artists to feature & promote. I posted several discussions reaching out to them, the response was overwhelming; my inbox was flooded with information on artists around the world. I was so excited. Now the next step was to build a website to showcase theses artists, I honestly had no clue on how to build a website. I knew about Photoshop & have used it for years, I owned a website program that Adobe makes but had never even opened the package. I knew that I didn't want my site to look like any other that was on the web today, all of them utilizing the same standard

template format. I love being unique. I wrecked my brain for 3 months trying to figure out how I was going to make this vision a reality, then 1 day I remembered that program that I had in the top of my closet, installed it in my laptop & all of my problems were solved. It allowed me a blank slate to design my site the way I wanted it to be with no restrictions.

I must admit that it did take me a couple of weeks to perfect it & I’m still learning new ways to improve the look & design of the site. In May 2009 HHHMagazine.com was launched, I was so proud that I had designed the site all by myself. To this date HHHMagazine.com has had over 250K hits & has been viewed on over 24 different countries & still growing.

The love & support that I have gotten about my vision to assist unsigned artists has been more than I could have imagined.

I have always felt that industry artists have the support of the major labels & their staff promoting them, but whom does the unsigned artist truly have? I strive to be that voice/platform to assist that artist that started out with just talent & a vision just as I have to make their dreams a reality. For years my personal & business motto has been: "Your Dream is My Vision"

I am only "One Woman, with a Vision" -Lisa Marie

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"Hip-Hop: What The Game's Been Missing" -by Suga Ray "Hip-Hop started out in the park!" WHOA! Do you remember them days? The days when Hip-Hop was all about fun, expressing yourself and mostly no-threatening. Even when there were battles, it was only disses directed toward your opponent (in humor), and no one talked about your mom, your wife, nor your children. People weren't sending hate threats through wax. I miss that about Hip-Hop! I Miss hearing songs that I can bump to, call the old heads to jam to, and even have the children dance to. Now, although I respect all music artists and understand that that people only Rap about what they know, whether it be drugs, sex or violence, to me, this is NOT what Hip-Hop should be. Meaning, it is a part of our society, yes, but it should NOT dominate our airwaves. It has come to a point where I don't even allow my nieces and nephews to listen to the radio nor watch BET music videos for fear of them getting the misconception about MUSIC .

You see, gangsta or thug life type music has always been around but it was censored and even more so, it was only a part, a small part in the music world. But now it seems that people don't give you props as a Hip-Hop artist if you're not rapping about how much drugs you sold, “niggas" you shot, and for the seriousness of this article, how many "bitches" you fucked! This type of music is threatening and offensive all across the board. Personally speaking, I don't think it shows much talent nor creativity. But that's just my opinion.

In my 25yrs. Of existence, most of which being surrounded

by Hip-Hop music, I have had the opportunity to listen to and experience some of my times GREATEST MC's. To me, Nas, Tupac, Eminem, KRS1, Mos Def and a few others truly depict what a music ARTIST is and should be!

Now I have gotten plenty of flack for loving Tupac in spite of his vulgarity and "seemed" disrespect to women and such.

My explanation has always been simple: Tupac was a unique being and an even more unique music artist. Although in his rhymes he spoke of guns, drugs, "niggas" and "bitches", for the most part he didn't do so in a degrading manner.

Rather, what most people fail to realize or acknowledge is that in most, if not all of Tupac's lyrics was the undying and everlasting yearning to see a place where we didn't sell drugs (continued next page)

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to each other, didn't kill one another, and where the women didn't behave in a manner that was less than LadyLike. And to me, this is what he did.

Tupac acknowledged that there were drugs sold, shootings and murders in our ghettos and he acknowledged the fact that there were women who did things that no woman should even have thoughts of doing. He was a revolutionary, a teacher, a soldier and a leader. He was UNIQUE! But anyway, that's what I believe is missing from Hip-Hop. That REALNESS. That genuine LOVE for music and to see people come together and enjoy it. Artists now-a-days talk about all negativity, but not only do they not offer solution or a better way, they even make it seem cool to sell drugs, carry guns, go to jail and for women to sleep with this guy, that guy and them other guys. Will there ever be another artist who desperately tries to uplift our communities and speak against the lies and injustice? I hope so. Hip-Hop needs it. We need it. The WORLD needs it!

Furthermore, I know there are still a few true, Genuine, Lyricists out there, some of which are signed, most of which are not (due to what I previously spoke of). And I long for the day that Hip-Hop transforms back to its roots.

When it was about fun, creativity, self-expression and doesn't threaten or offend anyone. I have been blessed to come across an artist from New York who goes by the name "Naiqui". After listening to his music and holding a conversation with him, it was amazing to know that he just recently turned 21. He has what I like to call Hip-Hop charisma, mixed with an R&B Soul, complimented by a Jazz Musicians heart, completed by the mind of an architect. Just AMAZING! After listening to 9 songs off of his soon to be released LP, "Musical Collages" I was in awe and I was convinced that this young man had possessed the necessary skills and qualities to put REAL Hip-Hop back on the map. His music clearly cuts across all genres, ages, gender, religion and sexual preference. The mark of a

GREAT Hip-Hop Artist! He has a song on that album titled "Remember Who".

WHEW! The beat alone makes you wanna dance. And the lyrical content and delivery speaks for itself. Listening to this song reminded of what made me fall in love with Hip-Hop. In a verse on that song, his lyrics were so fresh. He said: "CUZ IM THE DYNAMITE IN AND OUT THE BOOTH/IF U EVA HEARD A LIE THEN U KNOW IM THE TRUTH/LIKE A ROOT CANAL/IM RUTHLESS NOW/RAISING THE TEMPERATURE ON ALL THESE CLOWNS/THE MOST YOUNG PROFOUND RAPPER IN A MINUTE/ MAKING HISTORY SHOULD BE ALL IN THE GUINESS/IM WINNING THIS RACE AINT NO WAY THAT IM QUITTING/EVEN AFTER THE WHITE LINE I AINT FINISH/I TOLD

U B4 AND IMMA TELL U AGAIN/ ADHERE TO THIS TXT AND TELL ALL YA FRIENDS/IF I DIE MY LAST BREATH WILL BE BEHIND THE MIC/DESTROY THE COMPETETION TERMINATE THEM ON SIGHT/AND WHEN YA CARERR'S OVA(OVA) JUST REMEMBER WHO TOLD YA" " Now to me, again this is only my opinion, but that is REAL Hip-Hope and that is better than half, if not most, of what we here on our radios and see on our TVs in today's music world. So I beg you, please, with all sincerity, that we do SOMETHING about the current state of Hip-Hop and give it back to it's rightful owners; The Lyricists, The Artist. Just as Naiqui said a verse like the one above, there are many, many, many more Hip-Hop Artist thirsty to get a shot and give the people what they are missing!

Peace and Blessings!

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